Stovepipe-holder



(No Model.)

H. P. CHASE-8v G. GRISWOLD.

STOVEPIPE HOLDER. No. 695,118. Patented De0.7, 1897.

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HARRY P. CHASE AND GEORGE GRISWVOLD, OF SALEM, OREGON.

/ STOVEPlPE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 595,118, dated December 7, 1897.

Application filed June 8,1897. Serial No. 639,902. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY P. CHASE and GEORGE GRIswoLD, of Salem, in the county of Marion and State of Oregon, have invented a new and Improved Stovepipe-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to construct a stovepipe-holder in a simple, durable, and economic manner and so that the said holder may be contracted, enabling it to be readily entered into a thimble in a flue or into a stovepipe-opening in the line.

A further object of the invention is to provide a means for readily locking the holder in place in the thimble or in the flue, and, furthermore, to provide means for supporting that portion of the pipe which is outside of the flue, yet adjacent thereto.

The invention consists in the novel c011- struction and combination of the several part-s, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a stovepipe-thimble and a portion of the flue, showing the device in side elevation and as holding an end of the stovepipe. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the device, looking in direction of its inner or rear end; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the device, looking in direction of its outer or forward end.

The device primarily consists of two adj ustable bands A and B and rods 10, which pivotally connect the bands. The rods 10 are preferably pivoted to the outer portion of the inner or rear band A and to the inner surface of the forward or outer band B, since the latter band is usually made somewhat smaller than the rear band. Each end of the forward or outer band B is provided with an ear 11, the said ears being adapted to receive an adj usting-screw 12, carrying a suitable nut 13. This band is adapted especially to re ceive the stovepipe D, and the band is contracted until it closely grips the pipe, being secured in its adjusted position by the aforesaid nut 13. The inner or rear band A is provided at one of its ends with a link 14, while at the opposite end the body portion of a lever 15 is pivoted, the handle portion of the lever being made to conform to the con caved inner surface of the band and is capable of extending beyond that end at which the link 14 is located. The link 14 is pivoted to ears or flanges 16, formed on the body of the lever 15, and the link normally lies against the outer side of the body of the lever. When the rear band A is in its expanded position, the body of the lever will close or cross the opening between its ends, and when the band is in this position the link 14: will be in pivotal engagement with the body of the lever at a point about centrally between the ends of the band.

In operation the lever 15 is carried from the opening between the ends of the rear band, thereby contracting the band, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and this rear band in its contracted condition is introduced into the stovepipe-thimble O or the stovepipeopening in the line, and after the rear band has been properly placed in the thimble or in the flue the lever 15 is carried outward or in a manner to cross the opening between the ends of the band, thus expanding the band and holding it in firm engagement with the inner face of the said thimble or Stovepipeopening.

The outer or forward band B is intended to be outside of the thimble or stovepipeopening, as shown in Fig. 1, and may be made to grip the pipe at any desired distance from the end of said thimble.

A Stovepipe-holder constructed as above described is very simple and is easily applied, and it not only serves as a support for the inner end of the pipe, which will enter a thimble but a short distance, but also serves to support the pipe outside of the said thimble.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A Stovepipe-holder consisting of two adjustable bands and means for connecting them, an adj usting-screw connecting the ends of one of the bands, a lever connected with one end of the opposite band, and a link connected with the opposite end of this latter band and also with said lever.

HARRY P. CHASE. GEORGE GRISWOLD. Witnesses:

AUG. KRANTZ, MINNIE DE LONG. 

